hi,
the tree is 66 inches tall about 5 foot 6, we have a female ragdol who is large and the shelves are fine for her to climb on, they do go into the tree about 7cm as well.
generally the cats sleep on the top though our ragdoll does also lie on the shelves,
kitty tree feb 09 068.jpg
Our ragdoll is on the bottom shelf she is big though she doesn't look it there